'Star Wars' first-ever female villain says her character is a game-changer for superhero films

In "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens," Gwendoline Christie plays the masked, mysterious, and evil Captain Phasma. This makes her the first female villain in "Star Wars" history.

Christie thinks it's a huge step forward for the series.

"What I think people are drawn to is that this is a very progressive female character," she told EW. “We see Captain Phasma, and we see the costume from head to toe, and we know that it is a woman. But we are used to, in our media, connecting to female characters via the way that they look, from the way they are made flesh."

We don't know if the character will ever take off her mask. Christie called the role a "fangirl's dream."